Marshall County seeks monitor for public transportation service

Monday

Mar 17, 2014 at 8:55 PM

Gary L. Smith of the Journal Star

LACON — Marshall County officials are trying to fill a part-time position made necessary by the recent decision to assume administrative oversight of a public transportation program shared with Stark County.

The County Board’s transportation committee decided Monday to advertise the position of Program Compliance Oversight Monitor in local newspapers in both counties in hopes of getting someone hired in time for three days of state-mandated training to begin April 1.

“That’s really going to push us,” noted committee member Sue McGrath.

The program, which is operated by a Henry not-for-profit agency, is funded largely through grants from the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the state agency has initiated a new requirement that the grantee county have at least a part-time employee to monitor fund use and other aspects of the program.

The position itself is supposed to be covered by grant funds up to $25,000 a year, but no one knows for sure how extensive the responsibility of the new job will be on an ongoing basis, said committee chairman Jack Johnson.